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UNITED STATES PATENT OF IcE.

,CHARLOTTEIE PUGH,OF'OAKV1LLE,OREGON.

TABLE SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 683,069, datedSeptember 24, 1901.

Application filed December 1, 1 900. Ser a NO'BBIWO- (NO-111013810 v-'\t- -t To all whom, it may concern..- I v Be it known that I,CHARLOTTE E. PUGH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakville, in the county ofLinn and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Im-f provements1n Tables, of which the following are each equal to one-half is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in tables; and its'primary objectis to'provide a device of this character, which may be com-f pactlyfoldedfor convenience in transportation, storage, the.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in providinga cover to opposite ends of which are hinged cross-strips.

having legs extending downward therefrom. Leaves are hinged to each ofthe side edges of the cover by means of hinges of peculiar construction,and a block is hinged to the cover at the center of the bottom thereofand ,is provided with tongues which are adapted when said block isturned to swing under the leaves and support them in raised position.

The invention also consists in providing rods which are connected attheir outer ends to the cross-strips of the legs and at their in- -nerends to the block at opposite sides of its pivot. These rods serve asbraces-for the legs when the table is in use.

The invention also consists in certain features of construction andcombination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described andclaimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing thepreferred form of my invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the table Fig. 2 is a. similar view showing the table folded.Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the table, showing the leaves in raisedposition. Fig. 4- is a similar View illustrating the leaves in theposition shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a dej the block has completedone-half of its movetail view of a hinge.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference, 1 is a cover toopposite ends of Lab- ' eral extensions 3 are hinged to each of thesestrips L and are secured to cross-strips 4, having legs 5 extending fromthe ends thereof.

vcured to table-leaves 9.

= cross-strip 2,and the inner sections 6 of these leaves are secured tolongitudinally-extending strips 8,- while the end sections 7 are se-The'longitudinallyextending strips 8 are equal in width to the heightofthe cross-strips' t, and the leaves 9 the width 0tv the cover 1. v

A block 10 of any suitable form is pivoted at its center, as at 11,tothe bottom ot the cover 1 and is provided with oppositely-extendingtongues 12, which are adapted when the block is turned upon its pivot toswing beneath the strips 8 and the leaves 9 and support them in raisedposition. These tongues are adapted when the leaves are not supportedthereby to lie adjacent to one end of each of the strips 4.

A red 13 is secured to each of the cross strips 4. atone end, itsopposite. end being connected to the pivoted block 10 at a pointadjacent to the opposite side of the pivot-pin l1. Theinner ends ofthese rods are hooked, as at 14, and are adapted to project into staples15, secured to the block 10, so that the same are readily detachable.Each of the rods is bowed ata point between its ends, as at 16, which isfor a purpose hereinafter to appear.

When the table is in the position shown in Fig. 3 and it is desired tolower the leaves without detaching the braces 13, the block 10 is swungupon its pivot 11 untilthe tongues 12 arrive at positions adjacent tothe ends of the cross strips 4. This movement of the block will causethe hooked ends M of the rods 13 to swing past the pivot lland willbring the bowed portions 16 into interlocking engagement with each otherbeneath the,v pivot, as shown in Fig. 4.. This movement of the block 10will obviously cause the legs to swing slightly toward each other whenment. However, as the tongues 12 reach the limits of their movement thelegs 5 will be swung 'out to their normal position. After the table hasbeen placed in the condition shown in Fig. 1, the same can then befolded forstoragarltc. ,by simply detaching the hooks 14 from thestaples 15, and the legs can then be swung inward upon their hinges 3and the leaves 9 folded thereover. The parts of the table will thenassume the positions shown in Fig. 2.

It will be seen that the device is simple of construction and occupiesthe minimum amount of space when collapsed or folded.

in the foregoing description I have embodied the preferred form ofmy-invention; hut l do not wish to be understood as limiting myselfthereto, as I aln aware that modifications may he made therein withoutdcparting from the principle or sacrificing any' of the advantagesthereof, and I therefore reserve to myself the right to make suchchanges as fairly [all within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to besecured byLetterslatcnt, is-

1. The combination with a cover, of leaves hinged-thereto; legs hingedto opposite ends of the cover; a block pivoted to the'nnder side of thecover and having projections to support the leaves; andflrods securedatopposite ends to the legs and block respectively.

2. The combination with a cover; ofleaves hinged to the cover;cross-strips hinged to the ends of the cover, legs extending from saidcross-strips, a block pivoted to the cover and having projections tosupport the leaves, rods connected at opposite ends to the block andcross-strips respectively, the rods being secured to the block atopposite sides of its pivot.

3. The combination with a cover; of crossstrips hinged to the endsthereof, legs extending from said cross-strips, a block pivoted to thecover having project-ions to Support the leaves, rods secured at theirouter ends to the cross-strips, staples upon the block at opposite sidesof its pivot, hooked ends to the rods I dctachably secured within saidstaples, and bowed portions to the rodsadapted to engage and interlockwith each other beneath the pivot of the block.

4. The combination with a cover; of crossstrips hinged at the endsthereof, legs extcnding from said cross-strips, a block pivoted to thecover, rods connected at their outer ends to the cross-strips anddetachably secured at their inner ends to the block at opposite sides ofits pivot, leaves hinged to the cover, and tongues extending from theblock and adapted to support the leaves in raised position.

' 5. The combination with a cover; of strips secured thereto, lateralextensionshinged to v said strips, cross-strips secured to saidextensions, legs extending therefrom, leaves hinged to the ends of thefirst-mentioned strips and formed of hinged sections, table-leavessecured to each of said sections, a block pivoted 6o 5 l to the cover,tongues extending therefrom and adapted to support the leaves in raisedposition, and rods secured at their outer ends to the cross-strips ofthe legs and detachabl y secured at their inner ends to the block at oplposite sides of its fulcrum.

' In testimony whereof I atfix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

'oHARLorT 'E. Poet-L 1" U "Witnesses: I H. O. JACKSON,

H. W. MoE MUeRv,

